jamie reuben is a former assistant secretary of state and state department spokesperson. thanks to both of you for joining us. dennis, let me start with you. the palestinian authority responded to what the prime minister said in our interview. they said, quote, an immediate and complete halt of all settlement activities, dismantling of the settle maintenance, resolution of the two states are the actions they need to go with those words. obviously actions speak louder than words. but clearly the prime minister was saying something when he said yes, contiguous and no swiss cheese. >> well, he was saying in fact what's going to be essential if you're actually going to produce a two-state outcome. it has to be a credible, viable state and, therefore, the word contiguous is meaningful. i think what you got in terms of palestinian response is that they continue to question whether or not he's really prepared to do that. that's why they impose these kinds of conditions like a settlement freeze saying if he can do that, then that proves he's actually serious. the israeli side of